Photo: civilian burial party, loading Lakota victims of the Wounded Knee Massacre onto a cart for burial. Credit: Charles C. Pierce; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day, a Lakota Tragedy: Wounded Knee Massacre

By Tony Pettinato on December 29, 2020

An article about the Wounded Knee Massacre in S.D. on 29 December 1890 when Spotted Elk and his band of Miniconjou and Hunkpapa Lakota were slaughtered... (Read More)

Photo caption: Sioux Chief Frank Fools Crow watches supporters of the American Indian Movement as they leave Wounded Knee, S.D. The chief aided in negotiations. Source: Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 9 May 1973, page 4.

On This Day: 71-Day Occupation of Wounded Knee Ends

By Tony Pettinato on May 8, 2018

An article about the 8 May 1973 ending of the 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, by protesters led by the American Indian Movement... (Read More)

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